Monthly Archives: July 2013

Book Challenge Update–103

Posted on July 31, 2013 by mairedubhtx

I have finished the 103rd book for the book challenge. It was The Glass Room featuring Vera Stanhope by Ann Cleeves. This mystery has Vera Stanhope involved in a murder that implicates her hippie neighbor Joanna. Joanna is participating in … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt–Pat On The Back

Posted on July 31, 2013 by mairedubhtx

Tell someone you’re proud of just how proud you are. Photographers, artists, poets: show us SUCCESS. There is one special person whom I would like to tell that I am proud of. (Is that even English?) At any rate, I … Continue reading →

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Book Challenge Update–102

Posted on July 29, 2013 by mairedubhtx

I have read the 102nd book for the book challenge. It was Something Blue: Lord and Lady Hetheridge Series #3 by Emma Jameson. In this third book in the series, Anthony Hetheridge and Kate Wakefield are planning their wedding for … Continue reading →

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Book Challenge Update-101

Posted on July 26, 2013 by mairedubhtx

I have finished the 101st book for the book challenge. It was The Partner: A Novel by John Grisham. Patrick Lanigan, a partner in a Biloxi law firm, has disappeared with $90 million. He faked his death and stole $90 … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt–Back To School

Posted on July 26, 2013 by mairedubhtx

If you could take a break from your life and go back to school to master a subject, what would it be? Photographers, artists, poets: show us MASTERY. I love school. I would love to go back to school. If … Continue reading →

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Book Challenge Update-100

Posted on July 25, 2013 by mairedubhtx

I have read the 100th book for the book challenge. It was  by Alan Bradley. The crypt at St. Tancred’s Parish is being opened to exhume the bones of the long-dead St. Tancred. Imagine Flavia de Luce’s surprise when the … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt–A Friend In Need

Posted on July 25, 2013 by mairedubhtx

Finish this sentence: “My closest friend is…” Photographers, artists, poets: show us FRIENDSHIP. My closest friend in my daughter. S. is my daughter. She is also my closest friend. I rely on her for everything. I text her every night … Continue reading →

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Royal Hodgepodge

Posted on July 24, 2013 by mairedubhtx

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Wednesday Hodgepodge!  1. July 24th is Amelia Earhart Day.  Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.  What’s something you’ve recently accomplished solo? I have figured out how to crochet … Continue reading →

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Book Challenge Update–99

Posted on July 23, 2013 by mairedubhtx

I have finished the 99th book for the book challenge. It was Telling Tales: A Vera Stanhope Novel by Ann Cleeves. Vera Stanhope travels to a Yorkshire village to reopen a closed murder case in this mystery. A young girl, … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt–You, The Sandwich

Posted on July 23, 2013 by mairedubhtx

If a restaurant were to name something after you, what would it be? Describe it. (Bonus points if you give us a recipe!) Photographers, artists, poets: show us DINNER. There already is a dish named after me. There is Steak … Continue reading →

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